Lewis Pope
Lewis Pope (died 1623) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.
Pope was a merchant of Taunton in 1605 when named on a charter of the Spanish Company.[1] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Taunton.[2]
Pope died between June and December 1623.[3]
Pope married firstly Eleanor Saunders daughter of Christopher Saunders of Taunton, but she died in 1595 and was buried in the church of St Mary Magdalene.[4] His second wife had a son called Thomas Moone.[3]
References
- ↑ : 'Charter of 1605', The Spanish Company: London Record Society 9 (1973), pp. 95-113. Date accessed: 24 February 2012
- ↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239
- 1 2 Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills
- ↑ Some account of the church of St Mary Magdalene
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| Preceded by James Clerke John Dunn |
Member of Parliament for Taunton 1621-1622 With: Thomas Brereton |
Succeeded by Thomas Brereton Roger Prowse |
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